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ho did not undortako the ^vol•k with 11113^ great degree of contidencc as 

 to .siu'c'ossful results. 



Mr. James A. Staples, of Marlboro, N. Y., states that in the sea- 

 sons of 1894, 1895, and 1896 he made the spray tests on peach trees 

 for leaf curl which had been suggested by the writer, and says he 

 i.s w^ell satisfied that the disease can be controlled by proper spraying. 

 He .states that th(> winter treatment gave him the best results. 



Mr. A. D. Tripp, of North Ridgeway, N. Y., states in his report of 

 spray work for curl that he treated 208 trees and left 320 trees 

 uiispra3'ed. From the sprayed trees he gathered '"SOO baskets of as fine 

 fruit as ever went to market." The baskets were one-third of a bushel, 

 and the peaches averaged 56 to the basket. From the untreated trees 

 only 15 baskets were gathered, and a portion of this fruit was imper- 

 fect. The variety was the Elberta. 

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